L. CONFUSA, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. ix. Noct. p. 105. L. DESIGNATA, Walk. ib. p. 107. L. VENALBA, n. sp. Pale brownish ochreous: fore wing with the veins white, their interspaces with parallel narrow pale fawn-coloured lines; a pale diffused fawn-coloured streak from the base to the apex, which is divided at the apex by a pale oblique streak; a similar streak along the posterior margin; two dark dots below the cell, and an indistinct transverse discal series of dots: hind wing white. Head and thorax brownish ochreous, with hoary bands. Abdomen paler. Expanse 14 inch. Bengal. In Coll. A. E. Russell. L. PULCHERRIMA, n. sp. (Pl. VI. fig. 7.) Pale greyish fawn-colour: fore wing with the costa pale purplish fawn-colour; a greenish-brown fascia from the base of the costa to middle of the disk and thence ascending to the apex; a purplishwhite streak bordering the outer margin of the fascia, from the discal angle of which it extends, in one direction, in a straight line with an ascending branch to the exterior margin of the wing, and in the other direction to the middle of the posterior margin, the ascending branch of the former being bordered above with greenish brown; a welldefined silvery-white longitudinal streak within the cell, beyond which is a white-speckled black reniform mark: hind wing pale greyish fawn-colour. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish fawncolour. Expanse, 1, 2 14 inch. Darjeeling. In Coll. A. E. Russell. L. DECISSIMA, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxii. Suppl. ii. p. 624. Darjeeling. TYMPANISTES, n. g., Moore. Body robust. Abdomen cylindrical, extending beyond the hind wings. Proboscis moderate. Antennæ stout, setaceous, long, extending beyond the middle of the costa. Legs slender; femora slightly pilose beneath; hind tibiæ with four moderately long spurs. Abdomen with a horny-like cavity at the base beneath, and a fanlike appendage above it on each side. Palpi erect, slender, long, extending above the head, slightly pilose; third joint long, cylindrical, two-thirds the length of the second. Fore wing long; costa moderately arched at the base, thence straight to the apex, which is slightly acuminated; exterior margin oblique, angle rounded; posterior margin convex near the base. Hind wings somewhat quadrate; anterior margin straight; exterior margin produced and rounded in the middle. TYMPANISTES PALLIDA, n. sp. (Pl. VI. fig. 1.) Male and female semitransparent, glossy: fore wing pale dull yellow, with three or four transverse indistinct dusky lunulated lines and a discal dot, and a marginal row of brown dots: hind wing pale white, with a more or less visible row of marginal dots. Head and thorax dull greenish. Antennæ testaceous. Abdomen and legs pale testaceous above, white beneath. Underside pale silky white. Expanse 13 inch. Darjeeling. In Coll. W. S. Atkinson, Esq.; F. Moore. Note.This species makes a clicking noise as it flies. It has a drum-apparatus underneath."-W. S. Atkinson, Darjeeling, Aug. 1862. T. TESTACEA, n. sp. (Pl. VI. fig. 2.) Male and female testaceous, paler beneath : fore wing varied with suffused patches of green and pinkish testaceous, and with numerous delicate short transverse striæ; two irregular transverse indistinct dusky streaks, between which is a black discal spot; a submarginal zigzag dusky line, and a marginal row of black dots: hind wing and abdomen pinkish testaceous; cilia pinkish white. Head green. Thorax greenish testaceous. Expanse 1 inch. Darjeeling. In Coll. W. S. Atkinson; F. Moore. Genus AUCHMIs, Hübn. AUCHMIS SIKKIMENSIS, n. sp. (Pl. VI. fig. 15.) Brownish fawn-colour: fore wing purplish along the costa, silvery grey beneath the costa; a black line from middle of the base interruptedly ascending to, and bordering the lower half of, a reniform stigma, and thence ascending in broken dashes to beneath the apex, the space beneath which from the base is dark greenish brown; obliquely on the exterior margin are three or four ascendingly decreasing dark-bordered silvery-grey lanceolate marks; a blackish streak along middle of posterior margin; a transverse series of indistinct black discal spots: hind wing pale, with broad brown marginal border. Thorax purplish fawn-colour, with brown-bordered black stripes. Abdomen greyish brown. Expanse 1 inch. Darjeeling. In Coll. A. E. Russell. Remark. Closely allied to 4. perspicillaris of Europe. Genus HERMONASSA, Walk. HERMONASSA CONSIGNATA, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxii. Suppl. ii. p. 632. Darjeeling (W. S. Atkinson). PROC. ZOOL. Soc.-1867, No. IV. Fam. GLOTTulida. Genus POLYTELA, Guen. POLYTELA GLORIOSÆ, Fabr. (Guen. Noct. i. p. 113). Larva feeds on grass (July 19th); the same evening it went into the earth; ten days after the moth appeared.--Lady Rose Gilbert's Notes. Genus GLOTTULA, Guen. GLOTTULA DOMINICA, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. pl. 399. f. H. Genus CHASMINA, Walk. CHASMINA CYGNUS, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. ix. Noct. p. 147. Fam. GORTYNIDE. Genus GORTYNA, Ochs. GORTYNA CUPREA, n. sp. (Pl. VI. fig. 8.) Male dark ferruginous: fore wing with orbicular and reniform marks large, distinct, yellowish; exterior to each is a transverse b'ackish ashy-bordered line, which colour extends along the costa; some yellowish marks near the base; a submarginal lunulated yellowish line: hind wing blackish cupreous, paler along anterior margin; cilia pale cupreous. Head and thorax ferruginous. Abdomen ashy above, tuft and beneath ferruginous. Expanse 1 inch. Darjeeling. In Coll. A. E. Russell; W. S. Atkinson. Genus HYDRÆCIA, Guen. HYDRÆCIA NAXIAOÏDES, n. sp. Dark greenish brown: fore wing with two outwardly oblique darker brown chalybeous-outer-bordered transverse lines, the inner line straight and one-third from the base, the outer line waved and one-third from the apex; a submarginal row of irregularly disposed brown spots bordered outwardly by a chalybeous line: hind wing and abdomen plain brown. Head and thorax dark greenish brown. Cilia pale pinkish brown. Expanse 1 inch. Bengal. In Coll. A. E. Russell. Fam. XYLOPHASIDÆ. Genus XYLOPHASIA, Steph. XYLOPHASIA FLAVISTIGMA, n. sp. Male ferruginous: fore wing suffused with blackish brown along the costa, across the basal half of the wing and in irregular longi tudinal streaks on the exterior margin, the latter with pale borders; a pale space below the apical half of the costa containing two round yellowish spots, one at the extremity of the cell, the other beyond; small spots along the costa, two marks within the cell, short streaks and transverse lines below the cell black: hind wing pale greyish brown, with broad darker brown marginal band. Head and thorax Abdomen blackish brown, the latter ferruginous in the middle. brown. X. LEUCOSTIGMA, n. sp. Female ferruginous: fore wing varied with pale ferruginous and dark ferruginous brown; a dark basal curved double line enclosing a pale space, a transverse sinuous double line beyond, irregular transverse discal lunulated lines, and submarginal row of lanceolate marks; orbicular mark pale; a large irregular-shaped pale-bordered white reniform mark: hind wing and abdomen reddish fawn-colour. Head and thorax varied pale ferruginous and dark ferruginous brown. Cilia ferruginous. Expanse 2 inches. In Coll. A. E. Russell. Genus DIPTERYGIA, Steph. DIPTERYGIA INDICA, n. sp. Female dark reddish brown: fore wing mottled with blackish brown, a greyish elongated patch disposed exteriorly along posterior margin, bordered above by an irregular blackish line: hind wing and abdomen brown. Head and thorax dark reddish brown. Expanse 14 inch. Darjeeling. In Coll. F. Moore. Genus SPODOPTERA, Guen. SPODOPTERA CILIUM, Guen. Noct. i. p. 156. Larva feeds on the Doobh Grass (Cynadon dactylon).—A. Grote, Esq. Genus PRODENIA, Guen. PRODENIA CILIGERA, Guen. Noct. i. p. 163. P. glaucistriga, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. ix. Noct. 197, . ?P. retina, Boisd. Larva very destructive to cabbages.-4. Grote, Esq. P. INFECTA, Walk. ib. p. 196. P. insignata, Walk. ib. p. 197. Fam. GLOTTUlidæ. Genus POLYTELA, Guen. POLYTELA GLORIOSE, Fabr. (Guen. Noct. i. p. 113). Larva feeds on grass (July 19th); the same evening it went into the earth; ten days after the moth appeared.--Lady Rose Gilbert's Notes. Genus GLOTTULA, Guen. GLOTTULA DOMINICA, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. pl. 399. f. H. Genus CHASMINA, Walk. CHASMINA CYGNUS, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. ix. Noct. p. 147. Fam. GORTYNIDÆ. Genus GORTYNA, Ochs. GORTYNA CUPREA, n. sp. (Pl. VI. fig. 8.) Male dark ferruginous: fore wing with orbicular and reniform marks large, distinct, yellowish; exterior to each is a transverse backish ashy-bordered line, which colour extends along the costa; some yellowish marks near the base; a submarginal lunulated yellowish line: hind wing blackish cupreous, paler along anterior margin; cilia pale cupreous. Head and thorax ferruginous. Abdomen ashy above, tuft and beneath ferruginous. Expanse 13 inch. Darjeeling. In Coll. A. E. Russell; W. S. Atkinson. Genus HYDRÆCIA, Guen. HYDRÆCIA NAXIAOÏDEs, n. sp. Dark greenish brown: fore wing with two outwardly oblique darker brown chalybeous-outer-bordered transverse lines, the inner line straight and one-third from the base, the outer line waved and one-third from the apex; a submarginal row of irregularly disposed brown spots bordered outwardly by a chalybeous line: hind wing and abdomen plain brown. Head and thorax dark greenish brown. Cilia pale pinkish brown. Expanse 14 inch. Bengal. In Coll. A. E. Russell. Fam. XYLOPHASIDE. Genus XYLOPHASIA, Steph. XYLOPHASIA FLAVISTIGMA, n. sp. Male ferruginous: fore wing suffused with blackish brown along the costa, across the basal half of the wing and in irregular longi |